Button-feeding mechanism for button-setting machines.



F. E. STANLEY. BUTTON FEEDING MECHANISM FOR BUTTON SETTING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED AUG.5. I915.

1,177,906. Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

v THE COLUMBIA PMNOGRAPH 50., WASHXNGTUN, D. C.

mvrrnn s ra rns rarnnr oration FREDERICK E. STANLEY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A COR'PORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON-FEEDING MECHANISM FOR BUTTON-SETTING MACHINES.

Application filed August 5, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. STAN- mix, a citizen of the United States, residing at lYaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Button-Feeding Mechanism for Button-Setting Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the type of button setting machine illustrated in the case of Stanley and Leggett, filed May 10, 1915, Serial No. 27,042, and has special reference to the button-turning feature by which the buttons, as they come one by one from the hopper or turret through the raceway or -chute in an edgewise position, are given a quarter turn so as to present them horizontally to the means by which they are placed in operative relation to the tack or other fastening for attachment to a garment or other article.

The invention consists in the means by wiich the slotted cylindrical piece of the button turner is given its turning movement to turn the button from its edgewise position into the horizontal position required in order to receive ultimately the tack or rivet by which it is set, said means comprising a spiral groove, preferably on the cylindrical piece, and a reciprocating collar engaging said spiral groove, as I vwill proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a side elevation of sutlicient of a button-setting machine of the type referred to to illustrate the application of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the parts above the tack mechanism. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the button turner detached, with the collar in vertical section. Fig. 1 is a cross-section of the collar and cylindrical piece. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the button turning or righting cylinder and the button ejector detached.

The head 1 of the machine supports the main shaft 2, and a button turret (not shown) from which a button chute 3 descends, and a tack or rivet turret (also not shown) from which the chute 4 descends. all of which may be as in the case hereinloetore referred to. At the delivery end of the bu t- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4:, 1916,

Serial No. 43,850.

ton chute is an auxiliary chute 5 having a transversely arranged cut-ofi' or escapement 6 reciprocated longitudinally by an elbow lever 7 actuated in any suitable way from the main shaft, as by a cam slide 8 and a cam 9, the slide being returned by any suitable means, such as a spring 10. The lower. end of the auxiliary chute has a. partible housing 11 in which is mounted the slotted cylindrical piece 12, as in the case referred to, or otherwise, so that it may be given a quarter turn to present its slot 13 first vertically to receive the button edgewise from the chute, and then horizontally, so that it may be moved or transferred thence to the means by which it is presented to the attaching agencies. This turning movement of the cylindrical piece is effected by providing it with an extension 1% projecting outside of the housing and having a quick-pitch spiral groove 15, or several of them, and on this extension is mounted a collar 16 having a suitable connection with the groove 15 of the extension 14, such for instance, as the stud 17, so that as the collar is moved longitudinally of the extension, the turner will be turned or rotated on its axis. This movement of the collar may be efiected in a numcollar in the direction of the length of the extension 14:. The return movement of the lever may be eflected in any suitable way, as by spring 24. The turner is fixed in the housing against longitudinal movement therein in any suitable way that will permit of its rotary movement therein.

The cylindrical piece is bored longitudinally, and this bore serves to supportan ejector rod 25 having a head 26 which extends into the slot 13, the other end of the rod being provided with a grooved collar 27 adjustable thereon in any suitable manner, and this collar is engaged by a tracker 28 swiveled on the end of a lever 29 which is pivoted at :30 to the bracket 21 and extends on the main shaft 2,'so as to impart motion to said lever 29 in one directlon, the movement of said lever in the other direction be-' ing effected by any suitable means, such as.

the spring 33, and these motions of the lever are converted into a horizontally reciproeating motion of the rod25.

By the described mechanism, a button falling from the button turret into the chute 3 is dropped into the slot 13 inthe button turner in advance of the head 26, and then the cylindrical piece is-given a quarter turn by the movement of the collar 16 so. as to turn the slot from the vertical into the horizontal, and thus turn the button. from an odgevvise position into a horizontal position such as it must be given in order to be properly set on the goods. When the turner is thus turned, the rod is moved longitudinally of the cylindrical piece so that its. head will act upon the horizontally arranged button in the slot 13 and eject it, delivering. it to any suitable holding mechanism by Which it is presen ed to the tack or rivet applying mechanism for attaching the button to. the goods, or in other Words, setting.

The mechanism described for effecting the turning ofthe button turner-so as to right the button is simple in construction and operation, and is particularly meritorious because of its simplicity and directness inoperation.

Variations in the construction and ar. rangement of parts arepossible and permis sible Within the scopeof the invention as herein claimed.

Nhat I claim is z- 1. In a button setting machine, a button turner fixed in its longitudinal relation and capable of rotation on its longitudinal axis and having a spirally grooved extension, a collar applied to said extension and engaging said spiral groove, and means to move said collar longitudinally of the extension to.

ing said spiral groove, and means to move said collar longitudinally of the extension to thereby turn or rotate the turner, combined With an ejector arranged in said. turner and movable back and forth therein in the direction of itslength,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

I 3'. In a button setting machine, a button turner fixed against longitudinal movement and capablev of turning on its longitudinal axis and having oneendslotted-transversely to form a button receiving andturning cavity and having a quick pitch spiral groove at its other end a collar mounted upon the grooved end of the turner and engaging said groove, and means for bodily movingsaid collar lengthwise on the turner whereby the turner may be rotated so as to present its slot vertically to receive a button and then horizontally to admit of thedischarge of the button from the turner.

at. In a button setting machine, a button turner fixed against longitudinal movementand capable of turningon its longitudinal axis and'havmg one end slotted transversely to form a button receiving and turning cav-v ity and having a quickpitch spiral groove at 5. In a button setting machine, a button turner, a hous ng 1n which 1t 18 mounted and.

capable ofturning on its longitudinal axis and hav ng one. end slotted. transvcrselyto form a button receiving and turning cavity and having a. quick pitch spiral groove atv its other end, a collar moimted upon the grooved; end oftlieturner and engaging said groove, and means for bodily moving, said collar lengthwise on theturner whereby the turner may be rotated so as to present its slotvertically to receive. a button and then;

horizontally tov permitthe. discharge. of the button, combined. with a button ejector alfranged in sald turner andmeans'to move said ejector longitudinally in. said turner to discharge the button from the turner.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto. set

my hand thistWenty-ninth day of July A, D0

FREDERICK E. STANLEY.

Vvitnesses SADIE CORRIGAN, Gnanrs ROBERTS N.

Washington, D. C.

loo 1 It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,177,906, granted April 4, 1916,

upon the application of Frederick E. Stanley, of Waterbury, Connecticut, for an improvement in Button-Feeding Mechanism for Button-Setting Machines, an

error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2,

line 44, claim 1, for the word to read or; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 18th day of April, A. D., 1916.

[SEAL] I R. F. \VI-IITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. Cl. 218-12. 

